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Track token usage and API costs for your Claude Code sessions.

4 starsTypeScript

CLI to budget Claude Code session costs

by herrj·May 9, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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●●SolidCozySolve My Problem

Per-task budget tracking for Claude Code when the official CLI lacks cost controls.

Strengths
  • •Automatically captures token counts and calculates costs with cache multipliers.
  • •Local-first storage means no cloud dependency or API key exposure.
  • •Real-time budget progress bars displayed after every prompt in the session.
Weaknesses
  • •Only supports Claude Code; no integration with other LLM providers yet.
  • •Requires spawning a wrapper command instead of enhancing the native CLI.
Target Audience

Developers using Claude Code API for coding tasks

Similar To

LLM Cost Tracker · Token Meter · Vizro

Post Description

I code on Claude's pay as you go API and started budgeting my token usage with my own CLI wrapper.

Basically I set a budget for a task that I'm working on in my project:

Task: "Fix mobile responsiveness" Budget: $3.00

and the budget updates after each prompt:

Task: "Fix mobile responsiveness" Budget: $2.34 / $3.00 78%

It helps keep an eye on my spending when working on projects.

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